Now for phase 2

What glorious weather we had today. Today I’d set myself the target of finishing fitting the second of the two units down the side wall of my kitchen, so I didn’t have the spare time to be out in the sun, except when I was outside working on my Workmate bench. But it was hotter than yesterday and one of the weather web sites I use gives an observed high temperature today for Plazac of 29 degrees Celsius, which I can well believe. I had to pick up a small sheet of white melamine to make my in-fill panel out of, a length of timber and some screws from Les Briconautes and as soon as I got them I pressed on.

I started off making a few mistakes that wasted time more than anything else, but despite them the end in-fill panel turned out pretty well and by the early evening, the final unit was securely installed and ready for its trim to be fitted. I stopped briefly for a quick snack and a long cold drink before making up and installing its drawer, fitting its door and adding the oak side panel and the pic below shows the job at the end of the day.

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So these three units are now ready to have their worktop fitted and then I can start using them if I want to. The only problem with that will be the amount of dust that the next stage of the job will create, when I bash out the old sink and take the gas heater off the wall, but I’ve got stuff stored in the open in the kitchen at the moment, so in comparison having the units will be an improvement. The only feature that I’m disappointed with at present are the plinths along the base of each unit. They are held in place with soppy little plastic clips and I think I will end up making my own ones that will be ‘all-in one’ where possible and joined together as well. Shouldn’t be too hard and it will improve the appearance of the whole kitchen no end I think. But that will be at the very end of the job. Now I’ve got phase 2 to think about, which will take me onto the main wall of the kitchen and as well as the units I’ve chosen, will also involve fitting the electric oven, gas hob, washing machine and sink. All good meaty stuff, which I like. I can hardly wait to get cracking 🙂